Bulk ice-cream container



Jan. 18, 1949.

H. B. TILLERY BULK ICE-CREAM CONTAINER Filed Inch 7, 194a pig-5.

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ATTORNEY.

PM J. 18, 1949 UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE BULK ICE-CREAM CONTAINER Hubert B. Tiller-y, Kansas City, Mo. Application March 1, 1946, Serial Nb. am

My invention relates to the art of paper manufactures and particularly to boxes made from cardboard, or still paper and which can be made up from out or stamped blanks.

The invention has for its objects to provide a box which can be shipped flat if desired, and readily assembled by the user; to provide a box with a removable or piston-like bottom that can be pressed out through the top of the box to eject or express the contents of the box.

Other objects will in part be obvious and part will be pointed out hereinafter.

To the attainment of the aforesaid objects and ends invention also resides in those novel details of construction, combinations, and arrangements of parts, all of which will be first fully described and then be particularly pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a box according to my invention. a

Fig. 2 is a central vertical cross-section of the same taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the box, the lid being shown in dotted lines.

Fig. 4 is an inverted or bottom plan view of the box.

Fig. 5 is a view of the blank from which the sides and the bottom support of the box are made.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of a box bottom before bending over the flaps.

In the drawing in which like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures, it will be seen that the box is an octagon-shaped box having the side faces I to 8 inclusive and a bottom ii. The side faces of the box are preferably of two different areas having diflerent widths but all of one height. The faces I, 3, 5, and 'l are the narrow ones while the faces 2, 4, 6 and 8 are the wider ones.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the rectangular strip constituting the sides I to 8 inclusive and flap 9, of the box and the bottom retainers ill, and II, IS. The strip is divided by paralled lines H, H, along which the strip is bent in the same direction. The strip is also bent or foldedon the line ll which extends from end to end parallel to the top and bottom edges of the strip. Diagonal folds I! are also made to form triangular member I, the bases of which lie in the fold line 80, the angles of folds I! to fold it being 30.

The bottom It of the box is made with sides I! corresponding in number and width to that of the faces I to 8 inclusive and from the sides il rectangular flaps i'l project. The flaps II are 2 Claim (Cl. 229-6) lines II are automatically reversed and bends are made along the lines i2. The bottom It then rests in the groove the bottom of which is along the fold at ill. The triangular surfaces l4 then lie flat and form locks," as it were, to prevent the rectangular parts It from coming unfolded.

The top or cover 20 of the box is formed of a blank shaped like that of the bottom It. Both the bottom blank and the top blank have V-shaped cut-outs I9 so that when the flaps are folded the adjacent edges of the flaps will lie in close contact. By placing a band 2| tightly about the folded over flaps of the top 20 (see Figs. 1, 2 and dotted lines Fig. 3) the cover is completed. It is not necessary to fasten the strap or band 2! to the flaps of the top, although they may be secured together if desired, by gluing or in any other suitable way if desired.

When it is desired to dispense the contents of the box (ice-cream for instance) the lid is removed; after which the box may be inverted and the bottom pressed down (i. e. away from the parts l3, it). The ice cream then will come out in the shape of the box.

While my improved box is particularly adapted for holding bulk ice-cream its use is not limited thereto and while it is preferably made of cardboard or any paper stock, other materials may be used for making the box, if desired.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing it is thought that the construction, method of assembly, and utility of the invention will be clear to those skilled in the art.

What I claim is:

1. In a box of the character described, comprising sides composed of a rectangular strip bent transversely along parallel lines to provide eight faces forming an octagon, said strip also being bent back inwardly along a longitudinal line to provide eight integral faces. alternate ones of which are bent along diagonal lines to provide four isosceles triangular surfaces having their bases along said longitudinal line, constituting "locks," the other four faces being rectangular and being held in bent over positions by said locks, and a bottom having an octagon form to fit into the octagon when assembled and having downwardly bent-over flaps to rest in the groove formed by said bent over rectangular faces and said lo'cks.

2. A two-piece folded blank box-body of cotagonal form, comprising a side wall and a bottom, said bottom being composed of a flat octagonal body having downturned flaps, said side wall being composed of a strip having transverse fold lines defining eight faces and having a longitudinal fold line spaced from and parallel with and adjacent the lower edge of the strip defining integral bottom portions, the bottom portions of alternate faces having fold lines defining isosceles triangles having their bases along said longitudinal fold line, the said'bottom portions being 4 folded in their operative position over the ad- Jacent flaps of the bottom of the box, whereby we the portions having the triangular members form "locks" to restrain said inwardly folded bottom 5 portions against unfolding.

HUBERT B. TILLERY.

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